Workshop-related resources

Books

While there are a large number of resources available for R, the following form a core start point:

  1. R for Data Science is available online and can also be purchased from various sellers. It is a solid introduction to using the tidyverse set of packages and working with R in general.
  2. ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis is an excellent in-depth look at the ggplot2 package and its capabilities.
  3. Linear Models with R discusses linear modeling with a more practical viewpoint and using a lot of R code in the process.
  4. Extending the Linear Model with R: Generalized Linear, Mixed Effects and Nonparametric Regression Models discusses more advanced modeling, including topics like Logistic Regression, Random Effects and Repeated Measures.
  5. An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R is a great broad introduction to various topics related to statistical learning.
  6. Online book on RMarkdown

Cheatsheets

  • Various RStudio-provided cheatsheets. Most other links are from that site.
  • Data Import with the readr package and its friends.
  • Graphing with ggplot2.
  • Data Transformations with dplyr. There is also an older version that is slightly different.
  • The stringr package for string manipulations.
  • The purrr package for working with lists of items in a consistent way.
  • R Markdown and another reference.
  • RStudio IDE.
  • Mosaic

Datasets

  • compression.xlsx Data on the effects of various compression techniques, collected by Shelby Williamson for her senior thesis project at Hanover College, under the supervision of Molly Winke.
  • targeting.sav Data from the “Tuttle Shooting Decisions Study”, provided by Kati Tuttle.

Other links